tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4155637663191071619.post3934498383206987953..comments2018-03-16T19:09:53.533+01:00Comments on The Free Jazz Collective: Vijay Iyer Sextet – Far From Over (ECM, 2017) *****Stefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05850363083443529518noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4155637663191071619.post-84948917891478360472017-09-17T04:49:53.323+02:002017-09-17T04:49:53.323+02:00Can&#39;t agree more. Definitely not an edgy album...Can&#39;t agree more. Definitely not an edgy album. And this time ECM&#39;s sound did not help at all. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4155637663191071619.post-77380616736892296222017-09-11T12:52:12.211+02:002017-09-11T12:52:12.211+02:00How old is the post bop more than free jazz? At ti...How old is the post bop more than free jazz? At times free jazz albums that sound outdated, like 40 or 50 years ago (i.e, with very established formulas, so academic) have been commenting here, and nobody criticizes that aspect. Why?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4155637663191071619.post-68624049079288058652017-09-08T10:34:58.425+02:002017-09-08T10:34:58.425+02:00Having listened to this a few times now I find it ...Having listened to this a few times now I find it a surprisingly conservative recording. Undoubtedly well played, I hear it as effectively an update on the Blue Note sextet, horn led, hard bop formula but for our times. Sorey and Lehman&#39;s playing seem to bring a more contemporary edge to proceedings. Haynes&#39;s contributions stand out as calm centres amongst the sometimes slightly overwrought collective playing on many tracks. The calmer tracks have a lot more resonance and depth for me.<br /><br />Compared to the recent recordings of Iyer&#39;s peers (and sometime bandmates) like Coleman, Berne, Lehman and Sorey much of this seems based on older structures and forms of instrumental interaction, almost head/solo on some tracks. As such,it seems to sound like last century rather than this - not necessarily a bad thing just somewhat surprising given Iyer&#39;s earlier, more adventurous recordings with Mahanthappa on horns or his work with Fieldwork.<br /><br />Don&#39;t get me wrong, it&#39;s a good listen with much to recommend it but just not the listen I was expecting from Iyer, and this stellar line up.MJGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06292891260637427390noreply@blogger.com